Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 23 was paid for?

The next morning, Jinghe woke up to the excited cries of Gastly.

"Kouhee, kouhee!"

It was holding Jinghe's old laptop, which seemed to be showing a live match.

Jinghe rubbed her head a couple of times, got up, poured herself a glass of water, and felt much more refreshed after taking a sip. Curious, she walked behind Gastly and saw what Gastly was reading.
"puff--"

Even though he had prepared for the possibility that Gastly might be watching some horror movie to learn how to scare people, watching a battle stream and complaining that battles were boring, or listening to Agatha talk about those mystical sneak attack methods, he never expected that Gastly would be watching something like this.
on the screen.

It turned out to be a milkmaid milking a large milk tank!

"Kou Jie!"

Gastly, who was "ambushed" from behind by Jinghe and soaked in water, cried out in surprise.

It's "the force behind the scenes" again!
It glared fiercely at Jing He.

"No." Jing He wiped the water from her mouth. "You have this hobby?"

"Moo-"

A soothing sound came from the computer.

Time seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

"Kou Jie! Kou Jie!"

Gastly pointed to a corner of the screen, where a line of text was displayed: "MooMoo Fresh Milk, making your Pokémon healthier!"
It turned out to be an advertisement for MooMoo Fresh Milk.

"Uh, sorry, I didn't notice." Jing He paused, then said without any apology.

Even if it's an advertisement, why are you so excited?

Gastly looked furious and clicked the refresh button, making the ad play again.

Because I don't have a membership, I have to wait for ads every time I watch a video.

Gastly had just caught a crucial moment when, unsurprisingly, the episode jumped to the next one, and an ad popped up on its own.

"Ahem." Jing He coughed lightly. "Well... isn't it strange? Those with money have all subscribed to memberships, while those without money can only wait for ads. Isn't it a waste of time to show ads to those who can't afford them?"

"Kouhee, kouhee!"

Gastly's attention was indeed diverted, and it kept nodding seriously.

That's it!

But it was also very clever, and quickly brought the topic back.

"Kou Jie!"

It pretended to spit, sternly "condemning" Jinghe for spitting water all over it without brushing its teeth.

"Okay, okay, okay." Jing He raised her hands in surrender. "You just want to try this Moo Moo fresh milk, right? I'll order it for you, alright?"

Having spent so much time with Gastly, how could Jinghe not know its little schemes?
Gastly: |ω)

He shook his head helplessly, picked up his phone, quickly scrolled through the messages, and lingered on the bank card information for a few seconds.

"You've really overestimated Go; how could you not see such an obvious hint?"

Yesterday he even boasted that Da Wu understood others, but his "skipping out on the bill" was practically an implication that he was short of money and couldn't even afford a meal.
"Kou Jie?"

Why don't you just tell him directly?
"Heh." Jing He chuckled lightly, "As a teacher, talking about money directly with students is a 'stain' on this profession."

Gastly rolled its eyes.

I don't know whether to say Jinghe cares about face or not.

Good morning, Jinghe.

Good morning, Teacher Jinghe!

"."

Jing He entered the academy with Gastly, a hint of confusion on his face. There were noticeably more people greeting him this morning. But he responded with a smile to every friendly greeting.

Back in the consultation room, Jinghe's confusion deepened.

He was very clear about his own position. As a Pokémon psychology instructor, he was the kind of teacher who was dispensable and semi-transparent in the Kanaz Academy. He didn't know many people. So why were so many people greeting him today?

However, it was clear that his doubts were not immediately resolved upon returning to the consultation room.

Gastly clearly didn't understand the situation either.

But Gastly didn't care; it just paced excitedly back and forth in the consultation room after returning.

In the morning, under its coercion and enticement (acting cute and pleading), Jinghe ordered a box of Moo Moo fresh milk in front of it. It will be delivered to the house tonight. Now it just hopes that time can pass faster.

"Giggle, giggle—"

Jinghe made herself a cup of coffee, sat down at her desk, and turned on her computer.

I skillfully opened the alliance's official website, browsed some current events briefly, and then logged into my account.

He wanted to see if Mewtwo would reply.

however.

As soon as I logged into my account, the computer started beeping incessantly, as if it had frozen.

"Kou Jie?"

Even Gastly couldn't resist bringing its head closer.

Jinghe was also somewhat surprised.

Could it be that Mewtwo really did come over via the internet cable?
But when he clicked on those messages, he found that they weren't Mewtwo's replies, but rather comments under the paper he had published!
"Ok?"

To be honest, Jinghe's paper has been published for quite some time now, but it has remained relatively unknown and received almost no comment.

This is quite normal, after all, he is not a well-known PhD, or even a researcher, so naturally not many people would see his published papers.

Looking at the "999+" entries that were still jumping around, Jing He felt somewhat bewildered.

what's the situation?
He immediately turned off the computer's notification sound, and the "beep beep" sound finally stopped.

With doubts in his mind, he did not rashly click on the frightening "999+" entry, but went directly to the researcher channel.

Soon, he actually found his own paper in the sixth article of the papers pinned at the top of the first page—the potential connection between Pokémon's nature and stats.

'Has this... been topped up?'

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why a paper that had never received much attention suddenly became one of the most popular papers.

However, this does explain why so many people greeted him this morning; it's most likely directly related to this paper.

He tried opening the paper.

Scroll the page.

Soon, I saw a comment that was pinned to the top of the page because it was the most popular.

"A very interesting direction, but it lacks actual numerical data to support it. If it's due to equipment issues, perhaps I can offer some assistance. — Yukinari Ohki"

Ok?
Jing He was taken aback.

Dr. Oak?

No wonder it remains so popular.

It turned out that Professor Oak had commented on his paper, and in a rather positive way, which sparked a discussion among the researchers and trainers below.

As an authority in the Pokémon world, Professor Oak's influence is so great that even a simple comment can have such an effect.

The paper's popularity also brought more attention to "Jinghe's Pokémon Psychological Counseling Room," which had only received visits from Mewtwo in the past month.

[Growlithe]: Is it a psychological problem if a Pokémon can't eat?
【Eevee eating cabbage】: Hello, excuse me, what should I do if my Pokémon is too insecure?
[Mathematical Magician]: Should humans really coexist with Pokémon?
Such questions suddenly increased significantly.

(End of this chapter)